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Hippocampus; Mossy fiber growth; Spatial learning; Radiation; Behavioral learning
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Behaviorally-Induced Structural Remodeling Of The Hippocampus, Michael Finlay
Behaviorally-Induced Structural Remodeling Of The Hippocampus, Michael Finlay
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
NASA is planning to send a manned spacecraft to Mars by 2030. Interplanetary space travel puts astronauts at a high risk for exposure to several types of radiation exposure. This exposure has the potential to disrupt neurogenesis in the hippocampus, which has long been associated with learning and memory. This research proposes to study the effect of γ radiation on mossy fiber growth in the CA3 region of the hippocampus. Research has demonstrated that rats exhibit mossy fiber growth from the stratum lucidum to the stratum oriens of the hippocampus after completion of spatial learning. Water maze training is a …